Cover Story
WTO: A new trade round, virtually
by Sukumar Muralidharan
China in the WTO
Interview: Murasoli Maran
Interview: V.P. Singh
A compromise deal
Interview: Prakash Karat
The Doha debacle
by S.P. Shukla
Interview: Rahul Bajaj
Interview: Jairam Ramesh

Newsbreak
More of Bofors
Interview with a Swedish journalist

Events
Noam Chomsky in India
A session with the polymath

Diplomacy
The 'battle' of Washington
Firming up friendship with Russia
A milestone in Koodankulam

Controversy
POTO prospects

Politics
The tussle within the BJP

The Armed Forces
New chiefs for Navy, IAF

The States
Death in the incubator
The Enron sale
Transport strike in Tamil Nadu
Literacy: Rajasthan's march -
by C.S. Mehta
Maharashtra: Riots and politics
GM cotton controversy
Illegal coal mining in Ranigunj
Uttaranchal: Anniversary and elections
Laloo Prasad's troubles
Karnataka: Tussle over neera
Right to food and States' claims

World Affairs
The ASEAN summit
Nicaragua's verdict
An Indian's battle in Canada
by Eugene Correia
A Saudi battle
Against the war, in the U.K.
by Michael Hindley
U.S.' failed intelligence

Terrorism
Catch them young
LTTE's 'baby brigade'

Analysis
Of diplomacy and democracy
by A.G. Noorani

Interview
B. Bhattacharjee, Director, BARC

Excellence
Award for MSSRF project

Patents Issues
A perilous choice in the U.S.

Technology
The end of Sankhya Vahini

Medical Research
The truth of RCC 'drug' trials
Interview: Dennis O'Shea

America's War

The scramble for the Afghan pie
The Northern players
The trouble with Kabul
by Ahmed Rashid
Neighbours' game plan

Column
K. Natwar Singh: The rationale behind non-alignment
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Unravelling the Doha puzzle
Jayati Ghosh:How to save lives without even trying
Praful Bidwai: The perils of POTO
R.K. Raghavan: Reforming the police

Books
The reform experience
review by C.T. Kurien
The critical eye
review by Amitava Kumar
The West and Islam
review by A.G. Noorani